On the road, Miel recounted to her companions and seniors everything that had happened since they fell into the Abyss.
"Ah, so that's what happened." The girls nodded one after another, marveling at their astonishing but unscary Abyss adventure.
"Ah, so that's what happened." Nora and Medea looked at Mia, confirming Miel had not lied—these two little girls indeed had not engaged in any illicit escapes during their time alone with the Squad Leader.
Otherwise, with Mia's dishwater personality, any hint of embarrassment would've immediately revealed itself in her shallow thoughts.
"Speaking of which, just how did you all manage to find this place?" Aske suddenly asked.
The Abyss is so vast, and without Miel's walkthrough guide by your side, it's not like you just happened to stumble upon us, right?
"Ah, it's like this," Thira explained, "Medea's mother met a member of her race in a tavern..."
"…and then deliberately goaded the other into a bet by taunting them..."
